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Bernie Sanders has officially launched his presidential campaign for 2020. The 77-year-old is now the Democratic front-runner and the only candidate who can realistically beat Donald Trump. Not only is he the most popular Senator in the country, but recent polls also show he would pip Donald Trump in a hypothetical election. Beating Donald Trump is a huge motivator for Sanders’ 2020 run. The Vermont Senator branded Trump an “embarrassment.” I'm running for president. I am asking you to join me today as part of an unprecedented and historic grassroots campaign that will begin with at least 1 million people

The Dow and broader U.S. stock market surged to more than three-month highs Friday following the release of a White House memo that described trade talks with China as “detailed” and “progressive.” Negotiators from the Trump administration and China are scheduled to resume talks next week in Washington. DOW SPIKES; S&P 500, NASDAQ FOLLOW The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged by as much as 368 points Thursday morning, as traders overcame a volatile pre-market session for U.S. stock futures. At last check, the Dow 30 index was trading near its peak, having gained 365 points, or 1.4%, to 25,804.44. The

California’s bullet train project is the latest thorn that’s nagging U.S. President Donald Trump. In a tweet, Trump claimed that California had canceled the bullet train project after wasting ‘billions of dollars’. He then demanded that the Golden State refund the $ 3.5 billion that the federal government had allocated to the project. The federal funds for the 220 mph train project were awarded nine years ago. California has been forced to cancel the massive bullet train project after having spent and wasted many billions of dollars. They owe the Federal Government three and a half billion dollars. We want that

The Dow rallied more than 100 points on Monday after the Trump White House whipsawed on the ongoing US-China trade war, providing the US stock market with a jolt of optimism that the two countries would arrive at a deal within the near future. Bitcoin, meanwhile, maintained its recent gains throughout the weekend but needs to see further growth to confirm that market headwinds truly have shifted. Dow Mounts Triple-Digit Rally As of 9:01 am ET, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures had gained 101 points or 0.4 percent, implying a rise of just under 100 points at the opening bell.

After much speculation, Senator Elizabeth Warren officially launched her 2020 presidential campaign on Saturday, where she vowed to challenge the super wealthy and fellow Democrats who served as their power brokers. The decision to run marks a significant departure for Warren, who less than two years ago told her constituents in Massachusetts that she doesn’t want to become president. ELIZABETH WARREN HAS ‘CHANGE OF HEART’ Standing before a crowd in Everett Mills, Massachusetts on Saturday, Warren declared her intent to win the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination for the 2020 election. In a 44-minute speech, Warren outed corporations and the super wealthy

Steven Rattner, a major Democratic donor, told Yahoo! Finance in a recent interview for the website’s “Influencers with Andy Serwer” podcast that he thinks billionaire former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg could “absolutely” defeat Donald Trump in the 2020 U.S. presidential election as the Democratic nominee. Rattner, whose net worth is in the hundreds of millions of dollars according to public disclosures, is an investment financier who manages Michael Bloomberg’s personal and charitable wealth assets as the CEO of Willett Advisors LLC. ﻿ He got his start in finance as a journalist reporting on business and economics for the

The Dow’s mid-week sell-off took an even steeper turn on Thursday after White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow broke from the Trump administration talking point that the United States and China are close to reaching an agreement to end the trade war before new tariffs kick in at the beginning of March. Kudlow: US & China ‘Miles’ Apart on Trade Deal Speaking with Fox Business, Kudlow — who has served as US President Donald Trump’s Director of the National Economic Council since 2018 — said that that world’s two largest economies had a “pretty sizable distance” to cover before they

As storm clouds continue to gather over Donald Trump’s presidency, new data released by the U.S. government on Wednesday provided a rare moment of respite, with news that the country’s trade deficit has narrowed with imports falling faster than exports. Figures released by the Department of Commerce show that the difference between exports and imports dropped by 11.5 percent to $ 49.3 billion from $ 55.7 billion in October. This fall is primarily due to a fall in imports of consumer goods. While a drop of this magnitude would normally be a cause for concern as it signifies a drop in domestic

The Doomsday Clock is 2 minutes from nuclear midnight. President Donald Trump announced Friday that the United States would be pulling out of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, giving rise to fears of a new atomic arms race between the former Cold War rivals. It’s a move Trump threatened in October: Until people come to their senses, we will build it up. Russia has not adhered to the agreement. This should have been done years ago– until people come to their senses. We have more money than anybody else by far. We’ll build it up until they come to their

The Brooklyn, New York-based news and documentary media giant, Vice Media LLC, is cutting 250 employees out of the company and closing down its flagship weekly HBO program, sources tell the Wall Street Journal. Vice is the latest major news media outlet in recent weeks to lay off hundreds of workers as part of massive downsizing to keep the companies afloat. A leaner organization is part of the company’s realignment of its entire global strategy. The 250 Vice employees comprise about 10% of the company’s workforce. HuffPo and BuzzFeed Layoffs “Difficult Changes” was the subject line of the email sent